# Complete the CLA through the [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/login Account System].

# Complete the CLA through the [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/login Account System].

# Join the 'Ambassadors' group in the [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/group/view/ambassadors Account System] & follow the Instructions you will receive from Fedora Ambassador Membership Administration [https://fedorahosted.org/fama/ FAmA]

# Join the 'Ambassadors' group in the [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/group/view/ambassadors Account System] & follow the Instructions you will receive from Fedora Ambassador Membership Administration [https://fedorahosted.org/fama/ FAmA]

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# '''Pick a Mentor! The Mentor is your Partner to get sponsored!''' Contact and start working with one of these mentors in your region: [[Ambassadors/Join#Find_regional_Ambassador_Mentors |Regional Ambassador Mentors ]]. The recommended way to start is, contact the Mentor via email and introduce yourself (see point point below for the wiki page creation requirement). A wiki page will help the Mentor to assess your suitability to be an ambassador. Further the email, should contain a bit of information about, hwat you have done so far, to promote Fedora, amongst your peers/friends.

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# '''Pick a Mentor! The Mentor is your Partner to get sponsored!''' Contact and start working with one of these mentors in your region: [[Ambassadors/Join#Find_regional_Ambassador_Mentors |Regional Ambassador Mentors ]]. The recommended way to start is, contact the Mentor via email and introduce yourself (see point point below for the wiki page creation requirement). A wiki page will help the Mentor to assess your suitability to be an ambassador. Further, the email should contain a bit of information about, what you have done so far, to promote Fedora, amongst your peers/friends and what you intend to do.

# '''Create your personal wiki page''' in the Fedora Project Wiki https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Your_FAS-username . The page must contain: valid contact information,i.e. who you are, what your are doing, what you will do, what are your goals as an ambassador are, etc. A template can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Template:Userpage . As an ambassador, you also represent Fedora through your personal presence, and you should constantly keep an eye on the quality of your wiki page.

# '''Create your personal wiki page''' in the Fedora Project Wiki https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Your_FAS-username . The page must contain: valid contact information,i.e. who you are, what your are doing, what you will do, what are your goals as an ambassador are, etc. A template can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Template:Userpage . As an ambassador, you also represent Fedora through your personal presence, and you should constantly keep an eye on the quality of your wiki page.

# '''Subscribe to [https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ambassadors-list Fedora Ambassadors Mailing List]''' It is an imperative rule that, if you want to be an ambassador (in FAS), you have to be subscribed in the only, official mailing list of ambassadors!

# '''Subscribe to [https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ambassadors-list Fedora Ambassadors Mailing List]''' It is an imperative rule that, if you want to be an ambassador (in FAS), you have to be subscribed in the only, official mailing list of ambassadors!

Join the 'Ambassadors' group in the Account System & follow the Instructions you will receive from Fedora Ambassador Membership Administration FAmA

Pick a Mentor! The Mentor is your Partner to get sponsored! Contact and start working with one of these mentors in your region: Regional Ambassador Mentors . The recommended way to start is, contact the Mentor via email and introduce yourself (see point point below for the wiki page creation requirement). A wiki page will help the Mentor to assess your suitability to be an ambassador. Further, the email should contain a bit of information about, what you have done so far, to promote Fedora, amongst your peers/friends and what you intend to do.

Your Mentor will tell us when you are ready, by sending an Email to fedora-ambassadors-list-owner AT redhat DOT com

Be active as an Ambassador

Below you find a list of suggestions, on how to be active as an ambassador.

Participate in regular meetingsThis is an imperative task!

Meetings take place at regular intervals in the channel #fedora-meeting on irc.freenode.org. There is a meeting for each region (the time of the next meeting is usually posted in the topic of the chat and on the mailing list). Should you miss a meeting, follow up on the meeting's minutes on the following page: Fedora Ambassadors Meeting Minutes

Clubs, Linux User Groups (LUGs), schools/colleges/Universities can all benefit, by hearing about Fedora, what we do, and how people can participate to benefit from Fedora. Talk to people after events or other gatherings. This can be as informal or formal as you like.If you were asked to talk/make a presentation at an event, do NOT panic. Browse our fedoraproject.org wiki and you will find some material to get you started. FUDcon pages might be a good place to start too, as most of the talks, that were given in the past, are available for download.

Collect press articles about Fedora

Collect and post articles about Fedora and post them to the Press Archive

Collect feedback from community members

Collect feedback/comments from community members and submit it to the Fedora Marketing List or let any Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee member know about them.

Promote Fedora events.

We organize a FUDcon (Fedora Users Developer Conference), about once every three months(different regions). Use your contact base to engage speakers, attendees, helpers, et al.If you want to help out organizing a FUDCon or other Fedora event, visit FUDCon/Organization to see what tasks need to be done.

Distribute Press Releases to the local press

Distribute Fedora press releases to the local press, translating them into a local language, if required.Require a press release? Press releases can be found at the Press Release Repository .

Support and coordinate offline, Fedora and Open Source activities,

Support and coordinate Fedora and Open Source activities, such as Software Freedom Day, handing out flyers, the distribution on DVD, and so forth.Watch this list of upcoming offline FedoraEvents

Sign up Fedora Project for regional events

Sign the Fedora Project up for regional or local events. I does not have to be a computer/IT-related event to be relevant. Go to a music trade show to talk about free culture and open music formats, go to a university event, to talk about Fedora to students and faculty, go to a local Linux event and get some space for a booth in the .ORG pavilion...Once you have secured participation in an event, please add it to the FedoraEvents list!

Just make sure to coordinate with Fedora Marketing so you get support in form of money for travel, space, booth signage, trade show infrastructure, giveaways, etc. Event Organizers' Resources page is a good place to start.

Communicate eloquently. Fedora Ambassadors should be the conduct leaders for the community. Make sure you don NOT talk rubbish, that is, make unqualified statements or be rude to anyone, while wearing a 'Fedora' shirt. Conduct also applies in general, while talking to the community. See CommunityConduct page for general guidelines and Ambassadors conduct for specific information.

Become an expert at Fedora (both the project and the distribution). This way you're a constant resource to your local user base, which will make new users more welcome to the project/distribution. When in doubt however, ask others in the community for support or advice.

Need Event Support ?

If you need support for an event, make sure that this event is listed at our Events page, before the deadline passes for the period where the event is in. Support can be provided in financial(funding), advice/help or marketing (give-away) terms. If you miss the deadline for the budget, it would become more complicated, if not impossible, to get financial or other support. This is due to the fact, that other event owners ,would have to try and provide you with some of their funding or resources.